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Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,438 feet (4400.58 m), it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller.
The 115-mile (185 km) byway showcases the two highest peaks of the Rocky Mountains: Mount Elbert at elevation 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m) and Mount Massive at elevation 14,428 feet (4,398 m). The byway connects with the Collegiate Peaks Scenic Byway at the junction of Colorado State Highway 82 and U.S. Highway 24.
The Sawatch Range / s ə ˈ w ɑː tʃ / or Saguache Range [1] [2] [3] is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at 14,440 feet (4,401 m) elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies.
The highest peak in Colorado, Mount Elbert, is 4.97 miles (8.00 km) to the north and line parent Rinker Peak is 0.62 mile to the southwest. [3] The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names .
Mount Belford 14,203 feet ... Mount Elbert 14,440 feet (4,401.2 m) See also. History Colorado; List of scenic byways in Colorado; Scenic byways in the United States;
San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado.The forest contains 19 of the state's 53 fourteeners, peaks over 14,000 feet (4,267 m) high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado.
A paved walkway system extends to a pair of overlooks 500 feet (150 m) to the south allowing views in that direction over the Lake Creek valley to Mount Elbert, at 14,440 feet (4,400 m) the highest peak both in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains, and La Plata Peak, another fourteener and the state's fifth-highest peak. A wide dirt path continues ...
Mount Elbert, Colorado [1] Casco Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 13,915-foot (4,241 m) thirteener is located on the Elbert Massif in San Isabel National Forest , 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east ( bearing 84°) of Independence Pass in Lake County , Colorado , United States .